Professor Frans Swanepoel is a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for African Development (IAD), Cornell University, USA, and is the Director of the African Doctoral Academy (ADA), Stellenbosch University, South Africa. Professor Zenda Ofir is a Fellow at the Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study (STIAS), South Africa, and an International Evaluator in Switzerland.Professor Aldo Stroebel is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Development and Extension at the University of the Free State, South Africa, and Executive Director of International Relations and Cooperation at the National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa.